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Hemswell Cliff FEZ LDO Introduction Environmental Statement: Volume II Final Appendix 1: Introduction Prepared for: West Lindsey District Council AECOM Hemswell Cliff FEZ LDO Introduction Environmental Statement: Volume II Final Appendix 1.1: EIA Scoping Report Prepared for: West Lindsey District Council AECOM WEST LINDSEY DISTRICT COUNCIL HEMSWELL CLIFF FOOD ENTERPRISE ZONE (FEZ) LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER (LDO) Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Report July 2016 West Lindsey District Council Hemswell Cliff LDO REVISION SCHEDULE Rev Date Details Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by 1 June 2016 Draft Emma Bonser Kirsty Cobb Neil Stephenson EIA Consultant Associate Technical Director 2 July 2016 Final Emma Bonser Kirsty Cobb Neil Stephenson EIA Consultant Associate Technical Director AECOM 2 City Walk Leeds LS11 9AR Tel: +44 (0) 113 391 6800 Fax: +44 (0)113 391 6801 www.aecom.com SCOPING REPORT July 2016 Page i West Lindsey District Council Hemswell Cliff LDO Limitations AECOM has prepared this Report for the sole use of West Lindsey District Council (“Client”) in accordance with the Agreement under which our services were performed [(insert Proposal no. and date)]. 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INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 3 1.1 Background ............................................................................. 3 1.2 Need for the Proposed Local Development Order ............... 3 1.3 Environmental Impact Assessment ...................................... 3 2. SITE AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION ...................................... 5 2.1 The Proposed LDO Site .......................................................... 5 2.2 The Proposed LDO .................................................................. 5 2.3 Hemswell Cliff Masterplan ...................................................... 7 3. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SCOPING PROCESS ................................................................................. 8 3.1 Introduction to Scoping .......................................................... 8 3.2 Identification of Baseline Conditions .................................... 8 3.3 Identification of Potential Impacts......................................... 9 3.4 Identification of Likely Significant Effects ............................ 9 4. LEGISLATIVE AND PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT ........... 10 4.1 Legislation ............................................................................. 10 4.2 Planning Policy Context ....................................................... 10 5. CONSULTATION .................................................................... 12 5.1 Consultation on Hemswell Cliff Masterplan ....................... 12 5.2 Consultation Regarding Scope of Assessments for LDO 12 6. POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS .............................. 15 6.2 Traffic and Transport ............................................................ 15 6.3 Air Quality .............................................................................. 17 6.4 Noise and Vibration .............................................................. 19 6.5 Landscape and Visual Amenity ........................................... 20 6.6 Cultural Heritage ................................................................... 22 6.7 Ecology and Nature Conservation ...................................... 24 6.8 Geology, Ground Conditions (including unexploded ordnance) and Groundwater ................................................ 25 6.9 Surface Water Quality, Flood Risk and Drainage .............. 26 6.10 Waste ...................................................................................... 27 6.11 Socio-Economics .................................................................. 28 6.12 Soils and Agriculture ............................................................ 28 6.13 Cumulative and Combined Effects ...................................... 29 7. CONCLUSIONS: PROPOSED SCOPE OF EIA .................... 32 7.1 Proposed Scope of the EIA .................................................. 32 7.2 Proposed Structure of the Integrated Environmental Assessment Report .............................................................. 32 7.3 Assessment Scenarios ......................................................... 33 SCOPING REPORT July 2016 Page 1 West Lindsey District Council Hemswell Cliff LDO 7.4 Structure of Technical Chapters ................................ .......... 33 8. REFERENCES ........................................................................ 36 APPENDICES Appendix A Screening Opinion Appendix B Hemswell Cliff Masterplan FIGURES Figure 1 Site Location Plan Figure 2 Aerial Photograph Figure 3 Environmental Constraints Map (excl water) Figure 4 Environmental Constraints Map (water) SCOPING REPORT July 2016 Page 2 West Lindsey District Council Hemswell Cliff LDO 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.1.1 AECOM has been commissioned by West Lindsey District Council (WLDC) to prepare an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Report to support the proposed Hemswell Cliff Local Development Order (LDO). 1.1.2 The Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) designated land at Hemswell Cliff, Lincolnshire, as a Food Enterprise Zone (FEZ) in 2015. The land is currently arable farmland but was historically part of the airfield of the former Royal Air Force (RAF) Hemswell. The proposed LDO will grant outline planning permission for development of an ‘agri-food business cluster’ at the FEZ site, comprising business (Use Class B1), industrial (Use Class B2) and/or storage and distribution (Use Class B8) (see Section 2 for details). 1.2 Need for the Proposed Local Development Order 1.2.1 By granting outline planning permission for development within the FEZ site, the LDO will streamline the planning process for developers. This, together with the other financial incentives associated with the site’s designation as a FEZ, will help encourage businesses to the site and ultimately deliver regeneration objectives for Hemswell Cliff and provide socio-economic benefits to the local community and the wider area. 1.3 Environmental Impact Assessment 1.3.1 The need for EIA in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 (‘the EIA Regulations’) has been confirmed by a formal screening opinion from WLDC on the 12 th April 2016 (see Appendix A). The screening opinion concluded that the proposed LDO would be likely to have significant environmental effects, in particular: • due to the size of the proposed development on a greenfield site; • potential for significant cumulative effects with other proposed developments in the area; • potential for significant quantities of commercial waste to be generated; • potential for significant landscape and visual effects; • potential for significant effects on ecological receptors;